EXTRACTS FROM GERMAN PERIODICALS. 
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From a meeting* of the veterinary associations it was 
arned that this affection was then very prevalent, and that 
those places where only sporadic cases were seen a short 
me back, it now flourished as an epizootic. From these 
itherings Zschokke found the diarrhoea to be propagated 
roughout the whole canton of Luzerne. 
Cattle going seldom upon the meadows, and especially 
oung animals from one to one and a half years old, are 
;fected between the months of July and September. 
Most cases occur in high elevations ; in these locations the 
lalady is of greater virulence and more frequently terminates 
death, than when occurring in valleys. 
In spite of its epizootic character it only affects individu- 
5 of a large dairy ; only one veterinarian reporting it as 
living attacked every animal in a collection. There is no 
round to establish the probability that it is transferrable 
:om one animal to another. The flesh of destroyed subjects 
1 eaten without disadvantage, and is in no wise considered 
•ejudicial to the public health. 
Concerning the manifestation of any infallible symptoms, 
i may be said that from the ineipiency to the termination of 
ie disease no pathognomonic sign is vouchsafed. A pro- 
comic stage, with fever, loss of appetite and debility, which 
i company all mycotic diseases, is not to be recorded. 
The first and most noticeable symptom is the diarrhoea, 
hich, in one or two days, becomes bloody. The feces are 
Ipiid, possessing a strong odor ; at the beginning slimy, later, 
l ownish and more fluid. The acme of the affection occurs 
i from four to eight days; at which time much trismus is 
nted, followed by small quantities of macerated membrane 
lixed with feces and coagulated blood-clots of various sizes, 
.rolapsus of the rectum is not seldom, in which cases the 
:ctal membrane becomes congealed and hypersensitive, 
rdinarily the blood disappears from the feces in two or 
ree days, but the diarrhoea itself may continue as many 
eeks. The general health does not seem to be deteriorated 
7 the passages. The patients imbibe food and are very 
irsty ; the skin becomes dry and the visible mucous mem- 
